UPPSALA, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Regulatory News: A lawsuit was filed against Biotage (STO:BIOTA) by Scientific Plastic Products, Inc. concerning alleged infringement of the US patents no 7,138,061, 7,381,327 and 7,410,571. Biotage then filed an application to the US Patent and Trademark Office applying for re-examination of all patent claims in the three patents mentioned above. At the same time Biotage submitted a request to stay the lawsuit in the district court pending the outcome of the re-examination proceedings. The court approved Biotage’s request and declared the district court lawsuit stayed until resolution of the reexamination proceedings.
